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The SY-K7VTA Pro certainly gives great performance with the cheaper KT133A chipset, although with DDR SDRAM being the same price as SDRAM now, getting an AMD 760 based board will guarantee you solid performance. Apart from the rather dodgy positioning of the ATX power connector, the SY-K7VTA Pro isn't a bad board. Nice to see them ditching CNR/AMR in favour of a legacy ISA slot.
Epox are making a name for themselves, especially among overclockers. As CD said MSI, Abit and Asus certainly produce some of the best boards out there.
The KT266 is quite immature atm, i wouldn't buy a mobo based on that chipset until some issues are resolved, reviews can't quite be trusted as a different revision is being sold into the retail channel than what MSI sent out to reviewers. It seemed MSI rushed the board to be the first to retail with a KT266 solution.
Remember that B class Athlons (200fsb) run fine at 266, as long as you close the L1 bridges and bring the multiplier down. There isnt much point paying the premium for a C class chip.
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